Montana Historical Society Library and Archives
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PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
406-444-2681
mthslibrary@mt.gov
RS 470_RS 495
Montana. Department of Public
Health and Human Services.
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services,
Child and Family Services records
1987-2005
2.2 linear feet
This collection is a subgroup
(Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of
Public Health and Human Services records. This collection is comprised of DPHHS's
Child and Family Services Division records and includes manuals, manual updates and
bulletins, and internal communications about manuals.
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English
The Legislature established the Department of Public Welfare in 1937, consolidating state
welfare activities. The Department was responsible for the administration of all forms of
public assistance, including general relief programs and supervision of institutions caring
for the dependent, delinquent, or mentally or physically handicapped. In 1971 the Department
of Public Welfare was abolished and its functions assumed by the newly created Department of
Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The SRS assumed the functions of various state
agencies, including functions pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and education; the
Commission on Aging; and the Council on Human Resources. The SRS administered all forms of
public assistance, child protection, and child welfare; gave consultant service to private
institutions providing care for the needy, indigent, handicapped, or dependent; developed
provisions for services to the blind; supervised county boards of public welfare; and
administered all funds allotted for public welfare activities. State government
reorganization in 1995 combined the SRS with portions of the Department of Health and
Environmental Sciences to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services.
The purpose of the Child and Family Services Division is to protect children who have been
or are at substantial risk of abuse, neglect or abandonment. The Division’s programs include
adoption, child protection, foster care, and services to Native American children and
families/ICWA.
This collection is composed of manuals, manual updates and bulletins, and internal
communications about manuals for the programs of the Department of Health and Human
Services, Child and Family Services Division. These include Food Stamps (including FAIM),
Aid for Families with Dependent Children, Medical Assistance, and the Family Medicaid
Program, as well as a general Child and Family Services manual.
This collection is arranged by series.
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and
makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission
must be obtained from the Library & Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases,
permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human
Services were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 495, in order to help
facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society catalog, and to
follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' various Divisions
and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 495. Rather than reprocessing over 60 linear feet
of DPHHS materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those
collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding
aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over
the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding
aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if
this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Food stamps
Aid to families with dependent children
programs
Public welfare
Medicaid
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Policy Manuals
1 / 1
Policy and Procedure Manual for Food Stamps (table of
contents, alpha index)
1993-1995
1 / 2
Food Stamps 001 (tables and standards)
1993-1995
1 / 3
Food Stamps 100
1993-1995
1 / 4
Food Stamps 200
1993-1995
1 / 5
Food Stamps 300-900
1993-1995
1 / 6
Memos re: revisions to Food Stamps manual
1995
1 / 7
Revisions to Food Stamps Manual (July 18)
1995
1 / 8
Revisions to Food Stamps Manual (October
1)
1995
1 / 9
Revisions to Food Stamps Manual (December
1)
1995
1 / 10
Revisions to Food Stamps Manual (February
1)
1996
1 / 11
Revisions to Food Stamps Manual (June 1)
1996
1 / 12
Revisions to Food Stamps Manual (September
11)
1996
1 / 13
Food Stamp Manual
2000
1 / 14
Food Stamp Unit bulletins
2001
1 / 15
Policy and Procedure Manual for AFDC (Aid for Families
with Dependent Children) 000-600
1987-1995
1 / 16
Policy and Procedure Manual for AFDC (continued)
700-1800
1990-1995
2 / 1
Memos re: revisions to AFDC Manual
1995
2 / 2
Revisions to AFDC Manual (September)
1995
2 / 3
Revisions to AFDC Manual (February)
1996
2 / 4
Revisions to AFDC Manual (April)
1996
2 / 5
Revisions to AFDC Manual (June 25)
1996
2 / 6
Revisions to AFDC Manual (May 6)
1997
2 / 7
Policy and Procedure Manual for Medical
Assistance
1987-1994
2 / 8
Memos re: Revisions to Medical Assistance
Manual
1995
2 / 9
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (December
15)
1995
2 / 10
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (May
25)
1996
2 / 11
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (December
19)
1996
2 / 12
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (June
19)
1997
2 / 13
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (December
19)
1997
2 / 14
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (June
15)
1998
2 / 15
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (June
24)
1998
2 / 16
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (September
24)
1998
2 / 17
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (December
4)
1998
2 / 18
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (January
20)
1999
3 / 1
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (June
15)
1999
3 / 2
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual
(December)
1999
3 / 3
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual (March
27)
2000
3 / 4
Revisions to Medical Assistance Manual
2005
3 / 5
Medical Assistance Manual updates (June)
2000
3 / 6
Medical Assistance Manual updates
(September)
2000
3 / 7
Medical Assistance Manual updates
(December)
2000
3 / 8
Medical Assistance Manual updates
(January)
2001
3 / 9
Medical Assistance Manual updates (June)
2001
3 / 10
Medical Assistance Manual updates
(September)
2001
3 / 11
Medical Assistance Manual updates
(December)
2001
3 / 12
Medical Assistance Manual updates
(February)
2002
3 / 13
Medical Assistance Manual updates (May)
2002
3 / 14
Medical Assistance Manual updates (August)
2002
3 / 15
Medical Assistance Manual bulletins
2000-2002
3 / 16
Various manual updates (June)
2001
3 / 17
Human and Community Services Division (county
directors/regional policy specialists)
2002
3 / 18
Child and Family Services Policy Manual
(May)
1996
4 / 1
Department of Family Services Manual
(January)
1996
4 / 2
Memos re: revisions to various programs (including
FAIM, MA, FMA, FS, AND AFDC)
1996-2000
4 / 3
Revisions to FAIM-FS Manual (May)
2000
4 / 4
Revisions to FAIM-MA Manual (June)
1999
4 / 5
Revisions to FAIM-MA Manual (March 15)
2000
4 / 6
FAIM-MA Manual revisions (June)
2000
4 / 7
FAIM-MA Manual revisions (September)
2000
4 / 8
FAIM-MA Manual revisions (December)
2000
4 / 9
FAIM-MA Manual revisions (March)
2001
4 / 10
FAIM Manual updates (June)
2001
4 / 11
FAIM-MA bulletin FMA-23 (October)
2000
4 / 12
Revisions to FMA Policy Manual
1999
4 / 13
FMA Manual bulletins
2000
4 / 14
FMA Manual revisions (June)
2001
4 / 15
FMA Manual revisions (September)
2001
4 / 16
FMA revisions (November and December)
2001
4 / 17
FMA Manual revisions (February)
2002
5 / 1
FMA Manual revisions (June)
2002
5 / 2
FMA Manual revisions (August)
2002
5 / 3
SSI-MA Manual revisions (April)
2000
5 / 4
Blank forms and informational pamphlets
1995
5 / 5
Emergency manual update (January)
2003
5 / 6
Family MA bulletins
2002
5 / 7
Family Medicaid Manual updates (April)
2003
6 / 1
Family-related Medicaid Manual update
(November)
2002
6 / 2
Family-related Medicaid Manual (May 25)
2005
6 / 3
Medical Assistance Manual bulletins
2002
6 / 4
Medical Assistance Manual updates (April
22)
2005
6 / 5-6
MAM updates (November/December)
2002-2003
6 / 7
Medical Assistance Manual updates (May 25)
2005
6 / 8
Various
2003